Methods for handling tubulars useful during cleaning and inspection operations
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Aug 8, 2017
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Apr 3, 2014
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Sep 30, 2013
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Sep 28, 2012
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Methods are disclosed for handling cylindrical tubulars in a process that, in preferred embodiments, also performs cleaning, inspection and other operations on the tubular. The tubular is held stationary while it is rotated. During rotation of the tubular, internal and external cleaning systems, and data acquisition systems, pass up and down the length of the rotating tubular. In preferred embodiments, a first tubular is loaded onto the handling machine, whereupon it is indexed and then rotated. Cleaning, inspection and other operations may be performed during rotation. Once operations are complete, the handling system ejects the first tubular while queuing up a second tubular to be loaded.
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- B23Q:DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TO....
- G01M:TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR S....
- B08B:CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENE....
- G01N:INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMININ....
- B65G:TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYERS FOR L....
- E21B:EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING
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